Re: "fatal: Not a git repository" issued during 'make' from source code

[Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com>]

Hi,

Mun Johl wrote:
> I am new to git and am trying to compile git-2.41.0 on RHEL7.

This isn't a direct answer to the question (which Randall
and Junio have covered well), but if you're interested, I
build git-2.41.0 for RHEL/CentOS 7 (as well as newer
RHEL/Rocky/Alma and Fedora release) in the Fedora Copr
("Community projects"):

    https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/git-maint/git/

I currently maintain the git package in Fedora and try to
ensure it always builds for all supported RHEL releases¹.

For RHEL/CentOS 7, the steps to install would be:

    yum install yum-plugin-copr
    yum copr enable @git-maint/git
    yum install git

The upside is that it's a current git build packaged the
same as the RHEL package.  The downside is that it updates
the RHEL package, which may not be acceptable in your
environment.

It's certainly a big jump from 1.8.3.1 to 2.41.0.  I had
forgotten how ancient the RHEL 7 git package was. :)

Alternately, building a git package for RHEL 7 from the
current Fedora git package is another option, if you'd
rather have an rpm to install on multiple hosts.

¹ I may not continue this due to Red Hat's recent decision
  to restrict access to RHEL source code, unfortunately.

-- 
Todd